Terrible tragedy, of course, and I support their arguments and hope they receive compensation, not that there is such a thing as compensation for lives, but something to allow them to recover and continue doing this work (in a fair world, on a larger scale).
I take issue with one question in their list, though. Basically, “who is ultimately responsible”. Obviously, there is a senior officer in this mess, but I don’t like this very human tendency to always seek a scapegoat. I doubt there is an an explanation simple enough to answer that question. Like many tragedies, this seems a systemic failure, a breakdown on many levels, with blame to go around. Pointing a finger is easier than learning why it happened and how to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
